HR Coordinator

We’re looking for a highly organised and people-focusedHR Coordinator to join our team at an exciting time of growth. You’ll be the operational force of the HR function, ensuring that every employee has a great experience.

You’ll own the day-to-day administration of the employee lifecycle, support our Talent & Development Partner with recruitment coordination, and be a trusted first point of contact for managers and employees across the business. If you’re someone who takes pride in getting the details right, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants the opportunity to grow your HR career, we’d love to hear from you.

To effectively support our people, this role will be based predominately on-site and reports to the Head of HR.

About us:

Based in Melbourn UK,SPT Labtech makes products that transform the way scientists work. For more than two decades, our expert scientists, engineers and business innovators have provided scientists with world-leading, innovative solutions for liquid handling, sample preparation, and sample management that help accelerate research and make a real difference to human health. We work collaboratively with our customers, building trusted relationships that enable us to deliver exceptional, personalized experiences designed for real-world challenges in the lab.

Want to be part of a team that’s making a difference to human health?

Your key responsibilities will include:

Generalist HR support:

• First point of contact for day-to-day HR queries, managing the HR inbox and providing practical, timely support to employees and managers.
• Preparing and issuing employment contracts, offer letters, contract amendments, probation confirmation letters, and other HR correspondence.
• Coordinating right-to-work checks, references, and pre-employment screening.
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HRIS data (new starters, leavers, changes, and org chart updates) with a high standard of data integrity.
• Collating and submitting monthly payroll changes accurately and on time
• Supporting benefits administration and acting as the day-to-day contact for benefit queries 

Recruitment & Onboarding:

• Providing support with recruitment activity - interview scheduling, candidate communications, and ATS (Workable) administration in partnership with our Talent & Development Partner.
• Coordinating pre‑employment checks, right‑to‑work and references.
• Owning the logistics of onboarding: supporting new hires and managers to set them up for success, day-one schedules, HR inductions, new hire communications and HRIS setup.
• Coordinating probation reviews and HR check-ins.

Learning and Development:

• Administering the Learning Management System (LMS): user management, enrolment, progress tracking, and responding to queries.
• Supporting the coordination of training activity and helping promote a positive learning culture across the business.

HR data & continuous improvement

• Producing standard HR reports to support the team’s data needs.
• Maintaining document libraries, policy version control, and HR shared drives.
• Actively looking for ways to streamline and improve HR processes, including the use of AI and technology tools.

Skills & Attributes

You will be:

• People-focused, approachable and practical, someone who takes genuine pride in the employee experience.
• Exceptionally organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A confident communicator, clear and professional in writing and in person, with people at all levels.
• Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive information.
• Curious and keen to learn, with a growth mindset and an interest in developing your HR career.
• Comfortable on-site and visible, great HR happens where the people are.
• Tech-savvy and open to using new tools, including AI, to work more effectively.

What you will need to be successful in this role:

• Proven experience in a similar HR role.
• Good understanding of core UK HR processes, the employee lifecycle, and employment basics.
• Confident user of HR systems and Microsoft Office 365.
• CIPD Level 3 (studying or qualified) is desirable, we’ll support the right candidate to work towards this.
• Experience with Workable or a similar ATS is a plus.

Our commitment to you:

For the right person, we see this as a strong platform for someone who wants to build a generalist HR career, stepping into advisory work overtime, with the support of a collaborative, positive, experienced team around you.

Competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, generous pension, and annual discretionary bonus

Support towards CIPD qualification for the right candidate

A genuinely inclusive workplace, we embrace diversity regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family status